Sooruz Lacanou pro kicks off in France

The E365 – Sooruz Lacanau Pro, an ASP world Qualifing series 6 star event, got underway at the famous French town of Lacanau, home of the oldest professional  surfing event in France, fance was host to wind tricky waves and sunny skies, throughout the first rounds in the heats.
From a 192 surfers who enter the event only 144 surfers remain, for the outstanding and prestigious Sooruz Lacanau Pro crown. Throughout the start of the copetition so far there has been a number of factors making it tough to proceed mainly due to the weather, as there have been a number of strong currents, which have been proving difficult.  A number of hopefuls and favorites have made it through the some of the heat stage. These being same page (AUS) as he put on a good performance winning heat 16 with an average 12.30 point tally and was one of the suffers of the day to find a barrel.
Good luck to all the competitors competing in the Sooruz Lacanou.

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Fancy a paddle?

The Franklin River is situated in the Australians rainforest s one of the world’s greatest rafting experiences but 25 years ago it nearly disappeared, as there were plans to build a dam, this caused a lot of epic battle of protesters across Australia. Protesters blocked of the dam sites, chaining themselves to machinery. More than 1,270 were arrested and 600 jailed as the dam project become a key issue in the general election. One of the biggest campaigns of civil disobedience in the country’s history ended in July of that same year when the high court ruled in favor of the protesters.

The Franklin river still maintains a high level of popularity with rafting now even through there have been a number of casualties resulting in a number of deaths. So before being able to take to the river very clear guide lines are set in place, say if you are not sure of your abilities do not go any further. Through out the experience within the raft there are two guides, who make clear that will do there best to safe you if you your raft does run into trouble, but clearly stating, sometimes rescue procedures can fail, so never trust the river.

The river holds host to a number of different twists and turns, given anyone brave enough to experience, the epic and challenging river in a raft.

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